It's not even subliminal - although one could argue that it's actually being educationally historical.....

I don't have an issue with the Dr being female, but I can't get past the fact she sounds like, and looks like a (thinner) Victoria Wood character. With that and the really bollocks script and as mentioned, utter shite companions. It's a fail for me.
I didn't like Capaldi on his first episode, but grew to like him. I like the way he brought an irreverence back to the Dr that Tennant had thrown away with all his anger (not that I didn't enjoy DT as the DR).

“I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.”